Antislip attachment for shoes



,Aug. 26, 1947.

c. w. ROSENBARGER 2,426,524

,AN'TISLIP ATTACHMENT FOR SHOES Fil'e d Jun 11, 1946 l r'llllllllllllblllll4 I ffilfrrii- Inventor GZyT/bnp 0301507387.

Attorneys Patented Aug. 26, 1947 UNITED STATES 3 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements and structuralrefinements in antislip attachments for shoes, and the principal objectis to provide a device of the character herein described, such as may beeffectively and conveniently employed to prevent the user from slipping,while walking on ice covered ground, or the like.

A further object of the invention is to provide an anti-slip attachmentfor shoes, which may be also employed when walking on inclined surfaces,such as roofs.

Another object of the invention is to provide an anti-slip attachmentwhich may be readily applied to or removed from the shoe.

An additional object of the invention is to provide an anti-slipattachment which does not, in any way, interfere with normal walking.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an anti-slipattachment for shoes, which is simple in construction and which cannoteasily become damaged.

With the above more important objects in view, and such other objects asmay become apparent as this specification proceeds, the inventionconsists essentially of the arrangement and construction of parts asillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a sheet of abrasive material used in theinvention;

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the invention, showing the samemounted upon a shoe;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary perspective View showing the attachment of theabrasive sheet to the shoe, and

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a toe clip used in the invention.

Like character of reference are used to designate like parts in thespecification and throughout the several views.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, the inventionembodies in its construction a sheet of abrasive material, such as emerycloth, or the like, designated generally by the reference character In.It will be noted that this sheet is cut to form a removable sole H andan integral shank portion l'2, these being configurated to substantiallyconform with corresponding parts of 2 the shoe I3, to which theinvention is removably attached.

A forwardly extending tongue M is formed integrally at the toe of thesole II, and the rear end of the shank portion 12 is doubled uponitself, approximately along the reference line l5, to provide thedoubled portion l6, as is best shown in the accompanying Figure 3.

The sheet I E! is removably attached to the shoe 53 by means of a toeclip l1, this being formed of suitable resilient material such as springsteel, and having a U-shaped configuration, as is best shown in Figure5. One face of the clip I! is notched to provide an inwardly disposedangulated detent l8, the purpose thereof being hereinafter more fullyexplained.

The tongue I4 is upturned and angulated over the thickness of the shoesole I9 and the clip I! is pressed over the tongue, with the detent l8engaging the underside of the sole I I.

An elastic loop or band 20 is passed through an aperture 23 provided inthe doubled portion l5 and is secured in position therein by being boundwith a suitable cord 22. The loop 20 is removably engageable with theheel 24 of the shoe l3 and it will be noted that the loop and theaforementioned clip I! will effectively retain the sheet H! in positionon the shoe.

The anti-slip attachment may, of course, be removed from the shoe, bysimply disengaging the loopZil from the heel 24 and removing the ClipI1.

It is believed that the advantages and use of the invention will beclearly apparent from the foregoing disclosure and accordingly, furtherdescription thereof at this point is considered unnecessary.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferredembodiment of this invention it is to be understood that minor changesin the details of construction,.combination and arrangement of parts maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention as claimed.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. An anti-slip attachment for shoes, comprising in combination, a sheetof abrasive material forming a removable sole and a shank portionintegral therewith, a resilient toe clip removably securing saidremovable sole to the sole of a shoe,

and a loop associated with said shank portion, said loop being removablyengageable with the shoe heel.

2. An anti-slip attachment for shoes, comprising in combination, a sheetof abrasive material forming a removable sole and-a shank portionintegral therewith, a forwardly extending tongue formed integrally atthe toe of said removable sole, a U-shaped clip, one face of said clipbeing notch'ed to provide an inwardly disposed angulated detent, saidremovable sole being positioned adjacent the sole of a shoe, said tonguebeing upturned and angulated over the thickness of the shoe sole, saidclip being pressed over said tongue with said detent engaging theunderside of said removable ole, the rear end of said shank 15 NumberREFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Da te 44,961 Landfear Nov. 8, 1864

